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Sian added that she did not hear about the fine until receiving a letter more than a year later in December 2016 ordering her to pay £237.09. The car, a Fiat Punto, had been scrapped in the summer of 2016.

Mum Elizabeth said: “She was summoned to pay £200-odd and that was the first we heard of the fine, they had already sent it to court.”

But this was contested by Millennium Parking Services, which said its records showed that six letters were sent to the address by debt recovery company DRP between July and September 2015.

A claim letter was also sent by Gladstone Solicitors on November 2, 2016, before a judgement was made in court later that month.

After refusing to pay the fine Sian has now been told to pay an increased penalty of £327.09, with the threat of bailiffs at her mum’s address if the money is not received.